From the a href="http://www.imo.net/news/perseids2009"Daily Telegraph/a:br /blockquotepThe Perseids happen every year in August when the Earth passes through rock and dust fragments left behind by the Comet Swift-Tuttle./ppAs these small particles collide with the Earth's atmosphere, they burn up, creating up 80 streaks of light an hour across the night sky./ppThe meteor shower will peak in the early hours of Wednesday morning, according to the International Meteor Organisation, which predicted a better than average display./p/blockquotediv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6606798-4523612313593092686?l=liberalengland.blogspot.com'//div
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